Pressure Ulcer Case Study

"Pressure Ulcer Case Study*

A PBE study involving 95 long-term care facilities in The United States determined that nursing interventions for pressure ulcer (PrU) prevention and management were highly variable among facilities and that nearly 30% of patients a risk for developing a PrU developed an ulcer during the12-week study. Characteristics and interventions associated with higher and lower likelihood of PrU development are summarized in the following table" "Research findings were used to develop PrU prevention protocols that included standardized documentation of important data elements and CDS tools. Four long-term care facilities that participated in the study and shared a common EHR (all members of the same provider network) took the first step in changing practice by sharing study findings with clinical staff, who spend the most one-on-one treatment time with nursing home residents and thus are often the first members of the care team to observe changes in residents’ nutritional intake, urinary incontinence, and mood state. Concurrently, local study leaders worked with their software vendor to incorporate standard documentation for nurses and the CDS tools for staff."